22 Facts About Ken Maumalo

Ken Maumalo was born on 16 July 1994 and is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League and has played for Samoa and New Zealand at international level.

Ken Maumalo previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Wests Tigers in the NRL.

Ken Maumalo was named Dally M Winger of the Year in 2019.

Ken Maumalo is the first cousin of Melbourne Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona.

Ken Maumalo played junior football for the Papatoetoe Panthers, Mangere East Hawks and Counties Manukau Stingrays before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors.

Ken Maumalo played for the Warriors' NYC team in 2013 and 2014 before moving to the Warriors' New South Wales Cup team in 2015.

On 16 January 2015, Ken Maumalo was named in the Warriors' 2015 Auckland Nines squad.

Ken Maumalo made his NRL debut in round 10 of the 2015 NRL season, against the Parramatta Eels on the wing at Parramatta Stadium.

On 8 October 2016, Ken Maumalo made his International debut for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.

Ken Maumalo admitted he almost finalised a mid-season move to the St George Illawarra Dragons in May last year, before the Warriors blocked it and instead re-signed him through until the end of 2018.

On 19 July 2019, Maumalo was ruled out of Friday night's game against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks due to a concussion sustained the previous weekend against the Broncos.

Ken Maumalo was replaced by outside back, Blake Ayshford on the wing.

However, the Warriors' historic stay in Australia took a heavy toll on Ken Maumalo, by means of being away from his family.

Hence, Ken Maumalo flew back to New Zealand on 27 July 2020 among other teammates and is not expected to return for the remainder of the 2020 NRL season.

In June 2021, it was announced that Ken Maumalo had signed a two-year deal to join the Wests Tigers.

Ken Maumalo played a total of 19 matches for the Wests Tigers and scored 12 tries as the club finished bottom of the table and claimed the wooden spoon for the first time.

Ken Maumalo was released by Wests despite the fact he had finished as the club's top try scorer during the 2022 season.

Ken Maumalo did not play any NRL games for the Gold Coast in 2023, instead spending the year with the Burleigh Bears, a Gold Coast affiliate side in the Queensland Cup.

Ken Maumalo played 14 games of the regular season, scoring 11 tries.

Ken Maumalo spent the entirety of 2024 in the Queensland Cup, playing 17 games and scoring 6 tries.

Ken Maumalo has been named in the top 30 for Gold Coast Titans for the 2025 NRL season.

Ken Maumalo played no first grade games for the Titans prior to his release.